Reversing their position in a matters of hours, Rupert and James Murdoch have agreed to testify before British Parliament next week about the phone hacking scandal.

The embattled News Corp. honchos will appear on Tuesday before a committee investigating the Murdochs’ British newspapers just hours after issuing statements rejecting the invitation to show up before lawmakers, the British media reported.

Rupert Murdoch initially said he was “not available” but would speak with the judge-led inquiry into News Corp.’s newsgathering tactics. James Murdoch indicated he wouldn’t be free until August.

But hours later, a News Corp. spokesperson told The (London) Times, “We are in the process of writing to the select committee with the intention that Mr James Murdoch and Mr Rupert Murdoch will attend next Tuesday’s meeting.”

The committee investigating phone hacking at News Corp.’s British newspapers had summoned the Murdoch, a legal step short of a subpoena.

Rebekah Brooks, the CEO of News Corp.’s British newspaper subsidiary, has agreed to appear on Tuesday, Parliament said in a release.

On Wednesday, UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks, the head of his British newspaper division, should be compelled to appear at Parliament.

“We need to look at whether they have got the power and the ability to compel them,” Clegg said on BBC radio. “If someone cannot be compelled I don’t know whether we can frogmarch them to the select committee. But if they have any shred of sense of responsibility or accountability for their position of power then they should come and explain themselves to the select committee.”